Catholic Public Domain Version
"But he will not consider it to be so, and his heart will not suppose it to be this way. Instead, his heart will be set to crush and to exterminate more than a few nations. "
— Isaiah 10:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.”
“Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few. ”
“However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.”
“But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.”
“But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.”
“But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.”
“Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.”
so that you may not be bowed down under the chains, and fall with the slain? Concerning all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
Woe to Assur! He is the rod and the staff of my fury, and my indignation is in their hands.
I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will order him against the people of my fury, so that he may take away the plunder, and tear apart the prey, and place it to be trampled like the mud of the streets.
But he will not consider it to be so, and his heart will not suppose it to be this way. Instead, his heart will be set to crush and to exterminate more than a few nations.
For he will say:
“Are not my princes like many kings? Is not Calno like Carchemish, and Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
In the same manner as my hand reached the kingdoms of the idol, so also will it reach their false images, those of Jerusalem and of Samaria.